Business Plan: Progressive Consulting What follows is a complete business plan for a hypothetical company. Please copy or save to your disk and use as an example in developing your own business plan. If you would like to read a series of articles jump to Web Marketing . For additional business aids click on The Practical Tools of Consulting 1. 0 Executive Summary Progressive Consulting will be formed as a consulting company specializing in marketing of high technology …showed first 75 words of 3342 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3342 total…consulting services, personal computers, and market research, all in international markets. They are founding Progressive to formalize the consulting services they offer. Ratio Analysis Profitability Ratios:                  1995                  1996                  1997 ____________________________________________________________________ Gross margin                           72.97%                  85.81%                  84.90% Net profit margin                  4.57%                  11.25%                  14.92% Return on Assets                  12.38%                  20.64%                  25.49% Return on Equity                  50.05%                  61.73%                  51.37% Activity Ratios: AR Turnover                           6.30                  7.77                  6.66 Collection days                           29                  45                  45 Inventory Turnover                  0.00                  0.00                  0.00 Accts payable turnover                  7.67                  7.06                  7.35 Total asset turnover                  2.71                  1.83                  1.71 Debt Ratios:                           1995                  1996                  1997 ____________________________________________________________________ Debt to net Worth                  3.04                  1.99                  1.02 Short-term Debt to Liab.         0.70                  0.82                  0.83 Liquidity Ratios: Current Ratio                           1.91                  1.83                  2.39 Quick Ratio                           1.91                  1.83                  2.39 Net Working Capital                  $104,050         $191,250         $340,450 Interest Coverage                  4.15                  5.90                  9.38 Additional Ratios:                  1995                  1996                  1997 ____________________________________________________________________ Asset